DocumentCode :
1477828
Title :
Composite arithmetic: proposal for a new standard
Author :
Holmes, W. Neville
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput., Tasmania Univ., Launceston, Tas., Australia
Volume :
30
Issue :
3
fYear :
1997
fDate :
3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
65
Lastpage :
73
Abstract :
A general-purpose arithmetic standard could give general computation the kind of reliability and stability that the floating-point standard brought to scientific computing. The author describes composite arithmetic as a possible starting point. He describes a formatting scheme for storage and display of exact and inexact numbers and an extended arithmetic with a number format as its basis. He also introduces possibilities for implementing the arithmetic and discusses the interface between the representations and the arithmetic
Keywords :
digital arithmetic; floating point arithmetic; standards; composite arithmetic; exact numbers; extended arithmetic; formatting scheme; general computation; general-purpose arithmetic standard; inexact numbers; number display; number format; number storage; reliability; stability; ANSI standards; Calculators; Computer graphics; Coupling circuits; Digital arithmetic; Floating-point arithmetic; Hardware; Programming profession; Proposals; Scientific computing;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Computer
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9162
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/2.573666
Filename :
573666
Link To Document :
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